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all the cardinals are appointed by john paul or benedict. but once the person is elected. it's up to him what he wants to do. it's up to the holy spirit to guide him. all the cardinals know there needs to be changes. especially vatican governing and some of the scandals that have been happening. even if you get someone from the pool of people that benedict and jo john paul appointed, they know there needs to be a change. >> john allen, joining us from rome, thanks to both of you gentlemen. appreciate it. >>> and markets have been way up this week and the last couple of weeks. unemployment is down, lower than expected. >> lots of signs of encouragement. the official unemployment rate as of this morning, now 7.7%. >> let's break down the numbers with ali velshi. and then alison kosik. what is interesting is all this great news. the market was like, eh. >> reporter: yeah, exactly. you know what, i did see the dow pop at the open. some of the spirit, the celebration is fizzling out. the dow continues to reach the record highs. this is the fourth day in a row. the question is,
all the cardinals are appointed by john paul or benedict. but once the person is elected. it's up to him what he wants to do. it's up to the holy spirit to guide him. all the cardinals know there needs to be changes. especially vatican governing and some of the scandals that have been happening. even if you get someone from the pool of people that benedict and jo john paul appointed, they know there needs to be a change. >> john allen, joining us from rome, thanks to both of you...
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it's not my concern. >> some are saying that all rand paul was doing was trying to solicit that very confirmation from eric holder, the attorney general, and indeed he appears to have done that and that's part of a vigorous democratic process and he was behaving exactly the way a senator should behave. newt gingrich amongst other republicans has come down pretty tough on you personally, and i want to play you what he said on fox and get your hopefully very volatile reaction back. >> i first knew john mccain in the house, he was a maverick. in the senate for years, he was a maverick. of everybody i know in the senate, i don't know anybody who had a better role of marching to his own drummer, but it doesn't hurt ted cruz and it doesn't hurt rand paul. it hurts john mccain. >> so the allegation is you're a bit of an old fuddy-duddy now, and the old maverick john mccain would have supported rand paul. >> well, you know, i am always intrigued by the fact that when i disagree with my own party leadership, like saying that donald rumsfeld ought to resign, we need to do the surge, then i'm a
it's not my concern. >> some are saying that all rand paul was doing was trying to solicit that very confirmation from eric holder, the attorney general, and indeed he appears to have done that and that's part of a vigorous democratic process and he was behaving exactly the way a senator should behave. newt gingrich amongst other republicans has come down pretty tough on you personally, and i want to play you what he said on fox and get your hopefully very volatile reaction back. >>...
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cpac is doing that christie acres long with people like bobby jindal and marco rubio and paul ryan, they represent a rising generation of reformers. the question is whether the party, and in the primaries next time around, are gonna give them the leeway they need to reposition the party, which needs do some repositioning in ways that can win a majority of the american people. >> in fact, michael, you know, you kind of remind us when you write that six of the past presidential elections, four have gone to democratic nominees. and in contrast, five out of six elections went to republicans between 1968 and 1988. so what's behind what you are calling this kind of "stunning reverse a.m. of electoral fortunes"? >> it's a confluence of factors, none of them good for republicans there are demographic shifts going on. you know in 1976, about 89% of the national vote for president was white. in the last election, it was more like 72%. and this's a big shift. there's a -- there have been problems with candidate quality, to be honest. but there's also a big problem with economic messaging, a lot of
cpac is doing that christie acres long with people like bobby jindal and marco rubio and paul ryan, they represent a rising generation of reformers. the question is whether the party, and in the primaries next time around, are gonna give them the leeway they need to reposition the party, which needs do some repositioning in ways that can win a majority of the american people. >> in fact, michael, you know, you kind of remind us when you write that six of the past presidential elections,...
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i'm christi paul in for carol costello. i'm with you on that one, by the way. >>> let's begin in florida where a houseful of memories is being torn down as we speak. this is coming from the town of seffner where crews are working to safely turn down, as you can see now, what's left of that house. it was thursday that a sinkhole opened up, killing 37-year-old jeff bush as he slept in his bed. then as a crane started to tear down the house, there was a small, really important development in this story. some of the family treasures were able to be saved, among them, the family bible, photo album, a jewelry box, and a pink teddy bear. for just a moment, this was something the family could celebrate. this morning, though, it's back to reality. as you see that crane there at work again. crews still trying to determine too if the house is safe enough to get anything else out at this point. don't think so. george howell is there now. george, when did they start tearing this thing down? >> reporter: christi, they started 30 minutes
i'm christi paul in for carol costello. i'm with you on that one, by the way. >>> let's begin in florida where a houseful of memories is being torn down as we speak. this is coming from the town of seffner where crews are working to safely turn down, as you can see now, what's left of that house. it was thursday that a sinkhole opened up, killing 37-year-old jeff bush as he slept in his bed. then as a crane started to tear down the house, there was a small, really important development...
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i saw nothing that rand paul did that was inappropriate. it's exactly why they extend the right to talk forever. i'm from the house. we used to get one minute. >> right. >> but the senate has a very different tradition of individuals standing up. so i thought rand paul was behaving in the best tradition of the u.s. senate and i thought for a guy like mccain, who had always been a maverick, who had reveled in opposing his party's establishment, to now be the sort of senior lecturer on behalf of how you should behave, i just thought it was a very sad moment. >> what do you think of the president's new charm offensive, inviting a dozen republican senators to dinner at the jefferson hotel, inviting paul ryan the next day for lunch at the white house, he's going to meet with the republican caucus next week on the hill. bill clinton was president and you were speaker. he was always trying to charm you and he often succeeded, right? >> look, i think presidents have enormous assets if they want to use them. i'll be more interested if i see obama ac
i saw nothing that rand paul did that was inappropriate. it's exactly why they extend the right to talk forever. i'm from the house. we used to get one minute. >> right. >> but the senate has a very different tradition of individuals standing up. so i thought rand paul was behaving in the best tradition of the u.s. senate and i thought for a guy like mccain, who had always been a maverick, who had reveled in opposing his party's establishment, to now be the sort of senior lecturer...
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jimmy: happier than paul revere with a cell phone. ronny: why not? anncr: get happy. get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. >>> 11 minutes after the hour. no group has claimed responsibility for a huge car bomb that killed at least 42 people in pakistan today. another 145 people were injured in the blast. it happened in karachi. police believe shiite muslims were the target. government officials say the death toll will rise as teams recover more bodies from the scene. >>> syria's president has just spoken to a british newspaper, prompting one uk official to call it, quote, one of the most delusional interviews that any national leader has given in modern times. bashir al assad said british leaders are shallow and immature and said the uk is trying to arm rebels pushing to overthrow him. syria for years has in a civil war that has killed over 70,000 people. >>> new secretary of state john kerry pledged $1 billion to help egypt, meeting with the president and promised more aid if the country implements certain economic and political reforms. also today
jimmy: happier than paul revere with a cell phone. ronny: why not? anncr: get happy. get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. >>> 11 minutes after the hour. no group has claimed responsibility for a huge car bomb that killed at least 42 people in pakistan today. another 145 people were injured in the blast. it happened in karachi. police believe shiite muslims were the target. government officials say the death toll will rise as teams recover more bodies from...
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but it was paul's push for answers on drones that took off on twitter. more than 580,000 tweets with the #standwithrand. >> i feel quite confident that the senator from kentucky is not aware of the twitterverse that has been exploding. >> reporter: and anyone watching c-span late into the night saw republicans with ambitions for hiring office race to help paul's filibuster. >> the senator from kentucky deserves an answer. >> i'm happy that we're here still working hard on this issue. >> reporter: as for paul, he has never tried to hide his ambition for the white house, even saying this to hillary clinton earlier this year. >> had i been president at the time and i found that you did not read the cables from benghazi, you did not read the cables from ambassador stevens, i would have relieved you of your post. >> cnn was given details about a possible 2016 run. a source familiar tells cnn he is building an informal finance committee, amassing an e-mail list of 2 million and counting and keeping in touch with grass roots activists that propelled his father,
but it was paul's push for answers on drones that took off on twitter. more than 580,000 tweets with the #standwithrand. >> i feel quite confident that the senator from kentucky is not aware of the twitterverse that has been exploding. >> reporter: and anyone watching c-span late into the night saw republicans with ambitions for hiring office race to help paul's filibuster. >> the senator from kentucky deserves an answer. >> i'm happy that we're here still working hard...
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. >>> senator rand paul said he got what he wanted after the marathon filibuster on wednesday. it delayed a vote on brennan. although he was confirmed eventually. here's what paul had to say about this to cnn's erin burnett. >> i think the response was important. you don't always get a response from the white house when you make an argument but we've been asking for six weeks for this response. the fact that we got it, i feel like it's a victory for us. >>> a new op-ed from former president bill clinton calling for supreme court to overturn the defense of marriage act. he originally signed that into law. the in "the washington post" he writes this, quote, the justices must decide whether it is skin the with the principles of a nation that honors freedom, equality and justice, above all and is, therefore, constitutional. as a president who signed the act into law, i have come to believe that doma is contrary to those principles and in fact incompatible with our constitution. this as a recent cbs news poll shows 54% of americans think same-sex marriage should be legal. 39% oppose
. >>> senator rand paul said he got what he wanted after the marathon filibuster on wednesday. it delayed a vote on brennan. although he was confirmed eventually. here's what paul had to say about this to cnn's erin burnett. >> i think the response was important. you don't always get a response from the white house when you make an argument but we've been asking for six weeks for this response. the fact that we got it, i feel like it's a victory for us. >>> a new op-ed...
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. >> but what about people like your colleague paul krugman you say, the economy is still terribly depressed, on the range of 20 million people unemployed or underemployed what you need far from moderate austerity programs, you need a big fiscal push and spending plans. >> we've now got tons of evidence that austerity does not work after a financial crisis. the united states in the '30s, japan, europe, this time relative to us, and yet, the united states has turned after really being aggressive in 2009 and to some extent early 2010 turned towards austerity. it's remarkable to see that the united states has been cutting government employment over the last few years. something it did not do during the reagan years or the '90s. the idea that the best combination here some short-term investment, take advantage of the low interest rates and put people back to work, and long-term austerity is pretty widely accepted and we're not going to get it for political reasons. >> i completely agree with that. what strikes me in this debate is often people on the left don't really want to do the long-term en
. >> but what about people like your colleague paul krugman you say, the economy is still terribly depressed, on the range of 20 million people unemployed or underemployed what you need far from moderate austerity programs, you need a big fiscal push and spending plans. >> we've now got tons of evidence that austerity does not work after a financial crisis. the united states in the '30s, japan, europe, this time relative to us, and yet, the united states has turned after really...